VMware: VimConnectionException: urllib2 error in RetrieveServiceContent

[David Geng]

I hit following error in cinder log file:
014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 ERROR cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api [-] CN-27AB041 Failure while invoking function: create_session. Error: urllib2 error in RetrieveServiceContent: <urlopen error [Errno 113] EHOSTUNREACH>..
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/api.py", line 69, in _func
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api result = f(*args, **kwargs)
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/api.py", line 152, in create_session
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api session_manager = self.vim.service_content.sessionManager
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/api.py", line 136, in vim
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api wsdl_loc=self._wsdl_loc)
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vim.py", line 89, in __init__
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api self._service_content = self.RetrieveServiceContent('ServiceInstance')
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cinder/volume/drivers/vmware/vim.py", line 201, in vim_request_handler
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api 'excep': excep})
2014-08-24 03:07:41.518 29877 TRACE cinder.volume.drivers.vmware.api VimConnectionException: urllib2 error in RetrieveServiceContent: <urlopen error [Errno 113] EHOSTUNREACH>.

I can use the username and password which are provided in the cinder.conf to log on my vCenter via vSphere client.
But I can not log on the web client since your customer did not installed it.

I can find the similar error 'urlopen error [Errno 113] EHOSTUNREACH' in my nova compute log file.
So, my question is:
What kinds of the VMware services should be installed/enabled in vCetner before I use this VMware driver?

[David Geng (genggjh)]

The version of VMware vCenter Server is 5.1.0.

[David Geng (genggjh)]

I find the vSphere Web Client does not installed in the customer environment. This is a prerequisite for the VMware driver?

[Vipin Balachandran (vbala)]

Hi David,

vSphere web client is not a pre-requisite for the VMware driver.

Could you please check whether you can access:
https://<vmware_host_ip>/sdk/vimService.wsdl

I think the web service is configured to listen to a non-default port.

Thanks.